After my post/rant about the overuse and misuse of the DCAP BTLS TIC acronym in EMS education, I was asked the question, " Well, are there any acronyms that you do find useful?" And the answer is … [Read more...]
Beyond The 1-10 Pain Scale
August 11, 2009 By 3 Comments
How bad does it hurt? I'm willing to go out on a limb and say that this is, quite possibly, the most common question we ask in EMS. And it can be a difficult question to answer. How bad compared to … [Read more...]
Describing Pain
April 9, 2009 By 6 Comments
Take a moment to increase your pain vocabulary It's been said that the Inuit have over a hundred words to describe snow. Linguists use the number to explain something significant about how we see … [Read more...]
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